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This lengthy infographic explores the The Art of Asking Questions. Areas of the infographic include:

* Wrong Question, Right Answer

* Good Questions Beget Good Answers

* The Golden Rule = No Closed Questions

* Rules were made to be Broken

   - Probe

   - Funneling

   - Specific to Broad OR Broad to Specific

* Leading Questions

There are also four images of "Thinkers on Asking Questions." You roll over the image and see what they have to say about asking questions

This is an infographic that could lead to a great classroom discussion on questioning.

This post looks at five strategies to help students keep their brains turned on. You can also watch a video where Dr. Willis discusses "how boredom and fear cause students to literally switch their brains off." Below are two of the five items shared:

* Promote curiosity not as a thing, but the thing

* Use indirect signals rather than "telling"

You might also want to check out the post "Five Learning Strategies That Make Students Curious" located at

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/5-learning-strategies-that-make-students-curious/

It seems that most days you can find an article that discusses new findings about how the brain works...and many of these finding my be important to educators. This post looks at how curiousity may trigger chemical changes in the brain, specifically "the parts of their brains that regulate pleasure and reward" as well increased activity in the hippocampus, which plays a role in the creation of memories.

As a teacher I ask myself how can we get our students to ask questions? How can we ask our students to be curious (something that may be declining as standardized testing is pushed)?
This post may raise more questions than it answers for you, but it is well worth the time to read it and to consider how you might increase curiosity in your classroom. Who knows, you may find yourself very pleased with the results!